Wednesday's high-octane matchup between the Sacramento Kings and the Chicago Bulls went down the wire. It was the Kings that emerged with a narrow 128-124 victory, with rookie Tyrese Haliburton draining a dagger trey to spoil Bulls guard Coby White's career performance.
Here's a look at Haliburton's ice-cold triple, which put Sacramento ahead by six points with just 11 seconds remaining on the game clock (h/t WorldWideWob):
TYRESE HALIBURTON. GAME. pic.twitter.com/aMuUUIVQuY
— 🚁Sky Wob🚁 (@WorldWideWob) January 7, 2021
Haliburton, who was coming off a two-game absence due to a wrist injury, finished Wednesday's win with 17 points (on 7-of-15 shooting), to go along with three triples, seven rebounds, six assists, three steals, a block, and zero turnovers in 35 minutes of play. It was an impressive showing from the 20-year-old, who in the process, tied a long-standing statistical record set by former Kings big man DeMarcus Cousins nearly a decade ago:
Tyrese Haliburton played his best game as a rookie tonight.
17 PTS
7 REB
6 AST
3 STL
3 3PM (including dagger)He’s the first Kings rookie with a 15/5/5/3s game since DeMarcus Cousins in 2011. pic.twitter.com/ALtebVkGYi
— StatMuse (@statmuse) January 7, 2021
It would have been Coby White's evening had it not been for Halbiurton's heroics, with the second-year Bulls point guard coming out with arguably his best performance in a Bulls uniform:
Bulls fall to the Kings, but Coby White had a career night.
36 Points
7 Assists
3 Rebounds15-23 FG
4-of-9 3PT pic.twitter.com/2limaL9Rlv— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) January 7, 2021
Wednesday's victory marked Sacramento's fourth win of the season. This was their first win of the new year, after kicking off 2021 with back-to-back losses against the Houston Rockets and the Golden State Warriors.
The Kings get the night off on Thursday but will return to action in a back-to-back set on Friday and Saturday against the Toronto Raptors and the Portland Trail Blazers, respectively.
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